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% FIXME put the CT people in the acknowledgements! Also the microwave people!
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To evaluate CT imaging as an attack method, we performed CT imaging of the potted HSM module of an Ingenico payment
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terminal. Figure~\ref{hsm_fig_ingenico_potted} shows the module we analyzed and two images exported from the resulting
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CT scan data. % FIXME
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CT scan data. Figure~\ref{hsm_fig_ingenico_potted_ct_cut} shows a horizontal cut across part of the module. In this cut,
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we can clearly identify a mesh layer with multiple traces, four solid metal contacts riveted to the mesh foil, and two
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unused contact pads and mesh traces in the lower part of the picture. An attacker would be able to use this information
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to target the metal contacts with a tool like a needle probe. From the CT scan we were able to measure that the mesh of
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the device has a pitch of \qty{1.0}{\milli\meter}. Thus, even inserting a thin needle probe right through one of the
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mesh's traces should be possible without breaking the trace.
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Figure~\ref{hsm_fig_ingenioc_potted_ct_3d} shows a 3D reconstruction of the mesh's conductor layout. While the
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reconstruction is slightly noisy due to the limited scan time available, it contains ample detail to reconstruct the
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mesh's layout and conductor count, and even to derive conductor dimensions in order to calculate resistance and other
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electronic parameters. The mesh's foil is wrapped around the circuit board forming a pillow shape, which is clearly
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reflected in the reconstructed 3D mesh geometry. This information could be used to guide a CNC milling machine to
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selectively ablate the device's potting precisely down to the mesh's conductors to enable direct patching attacks on the
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mesh.
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\section{Discussion}
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